European Commission DG Information Society Agents and Middleware in the IST Programme - a Vision and Related Calls Dr. Max Lemke EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General.

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Agents and Middleware in the IST Agents and Middleware in the IST Programme - a Vision and Related CallsProgramme - a Vision and Related Calls

Dr. Max LemkeDr. Max Lemke

EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDirectorate-General Information Society

Essential Information Society Technologies and Infrastructures

Technologies for information processing and management, communications and networks


Research versus Market TrendsResearch versus Market Trends

Research Trends• active networks &

agents• component-based

software• grid technologies• . . .

Market Trends• advanced telecom services• application service provision• community computing• . . .

What do these trends lead to ?


Active NetworkingActive Networking• Today’s networks: reprogrammable only by vendors• Active Networks: receipt and execution of active packets • By opening network nodes service providers are freed from:

– vendor independent implementations

– time-consuming standardisation processes

– work-arounds to implement functionality

• Components of Active Networks – programmable networking infrastructure

– active packets (e.g. mobile agents)

– programming language (e.g. JAVA)


Agent TechnologiesAgent Technologies• Agents - active information processing

- migration through the network• Platforms differ by - operating System

- architectural choices• Two main approaches - FIPA

- MASIF• Standard properties:

autonomous, interacting, re-active, pro-active• Other attributes: intelligent, mobile, multiagents, holonic,

trusted, cognitive capabilities


Application Service ProvidersApplication Service Providers

ASPs manage and deliver application capabilities on a subscription basis to multiple users across a WAN

• remote access to hosted applications• flat rate per user business model• on his own predefined computing platform


Application Portals: Application Portals: A possible future scenario ?A possible future scenario ?

Application Portals allowing a user to select a set of application services irrespective of

the platform or organizationthrough which the service is provided

Today’s ISPs do not own network resources

==> future APs do not own computer resources


Potential Roles of Application PortalsPotential Roles of Application Portals• provide all integration technologies

– to front all applications– to integrate with in-house systems

• ensure confidentiality and integrity

• manage hardware and networking resources including licensing issues

• take responsibilities for resources consumedi.e. provide settlements between providers and a single invoice to the user including secure payments


Roadmap of Related Calls - WP 2001Roadmap of Related Calls - WP 2001RTD

Action Line IV.2.1Real-Time

Distributed Systems

Take-upAction Line IV.2.4Communication,

Computation,Networks

Call 6Open:Jan. 2001Close:April 2001

real time distributedsystems

knowledge-basedcognitive vision systems

distributed controlsystems

agent technologies middleware for distributed

applications embedded vision and/or

control systems

open architectures, technologies, tools for ASP open and reusable middleware for deployment of AS service management frameworks

Call 7Open:June 2001Close:Oct. 2001

Application Service Provision (ASP)Cross Programme Action Line 12

RTD & Take-up


““Take-up”Take-up”

“Aimed at transferring leading-edge as well as established but insufficiently deployed methodologies and technologies to industry and other organisations in

order to achieve greater efficiency”

timeinnovators early adopters early majority

Technology TransferTechnology TransferRTDRTD Commercial PhaseCommercial Phase

“T a k e - u p”


Take-up TypesTake-up Types• Trials (users & suppliers):

– evaluation of promising, yet not fullyestablished technologies & solutions

– targets early adopters+ early majority

• Best Practice (users):

– promote take-up of well established technologies & methods

– targets early majority


TRIAL CharacteristicsTRIAL Characteristics• Objectives: adaptation, introduction and evaluation of

technologies in applications• Technology: emerging, but NOT established• Consortium: user(s) - supplier(s) - expert(s)• Innovation: use of advanced technologies in applications• Risk: applicability of technologies / application benefits • Work done: user: specification, integration, verification

supplier: adaptation, customization, integration

• Beneficiaries: user: commercial advantage of first use

supplier: establish/broaden his market• Outcome: advanced prototype

public high quality final report


Best Practice CharacteristicsBest Practice Characteristics• Objectives: improve processes or way of operation by use

and evaluation of technologies

• Technology: well founded, mature and established, but insufficiently deployed

• Consortium: user(s), eventual subcontractor(s)

• Innovation: use of advanced technologies in applications

• Risk: applicability and benefits in the application

• Work done: experiment, evaluate, document

• Beneficiaries: user

• Outcome: public high quality final report


Adaptation and Introduction ofAdaptation and Introduction ofMobile and Intelligent Agent TechnologiesMobile and Intelligent Agent Technologiesin new Services and Industrial Applicationsin new Services and Industrial Applications

Examples: Users:– service creation: all level service providers,

customers– information filtering: all levels – electronic commerce: businesses trading

electronically– network management: network operators


Adaptation and Introduction ofAdaptation and Introduction ofMiddleware for Management of Process Flow in Middleware for Management of Process Flow in Distributed Applications with Shared ResourcesDistributed Applications with Shared Resources

to new Services and Industrial Applicationsto new Services and Industrial ApplicationsExamples for technologies: – distributed object broker architectures (CORBA, EJB, …)

– application servers, integration servers , web integration

Examples for Applications:– Web-based distributed applications

(distributed engineering, data mining, OLTP, network management…in aerospace, automotive, banking, telecom, new services, …)

– Use of distributed object broker architectures for component-based integration with legacy systems (on corporate or virtual enterprise level)

– Development environments and tools


Integrated Vision and ControlIntegrated Vision and Control

• intelligent integration of embedded vision systems in production environments

• introduction of control systems

• Technical focus:– networked systems– off the shelf components– integrated with production planning tools


Thematic ClusteringThematic Clustering• Multiplier effect in reaching European industry:

– small individual projects - limited reach

– obtain critical mass of results per theme / industrial sector

– stimulation of further technology transfer and replication

– targeted dissemination to industrial audiences

– allow efficient technology transfer across Europe

• Increased efficiency of co-ordination:– experienced principal contractors

– common interface to the EC

– harmonised and simplified procedures for reporting, monitoring, reviews, cost statements, centralized payment


Thematic ClustersThematic Clusters

E C

CoordinatorPrinciple

ContractorPrinciple

Contractor. . .

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Member

Activity Activity

. . .. . .. . .

Thematic Cluster <N>


Existing ClustersExisting Clusters Integrated Machine Vision

European Take-up of Essential Information Society Technologies - Integrated Machine

Vision (EUTIST-IMV)

• Activities:KNOT,3D-INLINE,SAFEGLASS, IMBUS, IMTEX,CV-ADCONTROL,ASPIC-LINUX SEESAW,SIGPROEL,TOPCAPI

• Principal Contractors:– CiS-TZM (D) (co-ordinator)– Satakunta Polytechnic (FIN)– EPCC (UK)

• EC responsible: Max Lemke

MedicalEuropean Take-up of Essential Information

Society Technologies - Technologies for Medical applications

(EUTIST-M) • Activities:

CREAM,ISAC,ADAM,IONIC,DISMEDI,DEAF

• Principal Contractors:– UPV (E) (co-ordinator)– ENEA (I)– CINECA (I)

• EC responsible: Tom Clausen


EUTIST-IMV: StatisticsEUTIST-IMV: Statistics• 10 experiments• Average funding per experiment: ~ 270 KEURO• Cluster Work Packages: ~ 10% of Funding• 3 Principal Contractors, 32 Members• Average 3 - 4 partners per trial• Duration

– Cluster: 30 months– Experiments: 12 - 24 months


Eligible Costs in Eligible Costs in Trial or Best Practice MeasuresTrial or Best Practice Measures

No difference between universities and companies• Personnel 100%

• Durable equipment 50%

• Consumables 50%

• Travel & Subsistence 50%

• Computing 50% (only 3rd party invoices)

• Subcontracting 50%

• IPR Protection 0%

• Other Costs 100% (central services, e.g. cluster web-site)

• Overheads 0%

• Co-ordination (cluster co-ordinator only, by above categories)


Contract Contract Model Contract “Accompanying Measures specific to Technology Take-up Measures”– Standard contract prepared by EC, signed by EC and PCs

http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/mod-cont.htm (DE, EN, FR)

– Annex I: Description of Work

– Annex II: General Conditions (standard, provided by EC)

• option 3 (<100% funding, participants own knowledge)

• suboption 2 (use oriented)

• model membership agreement (several members)

– CPF (contract preparation forms) for IST take-up prepared by co-ordinator with ELECTRA tool: http://www.cordis.lu/ist/cont-prep.htmwith contributions from ALL participants


Recommendations for Proposers in AL IV.2.4Recommendations for Proposers in AL IV.2.4

• Individual proposals per action - no a priori clustering• Provision of ~10% of requested funding for cluster WPs• Cluster WPs could be carried out by partners

– who are experienced in technology transfer– who are neutral related to competing users or suppliers

• Partners for Cluster WPs could be but do not have to be– included in proposal– foreseen in proposal as NN partners


Multinationality RequirementsMultinationality Requirementsfor Take-up Proposalsfor Take-up Proposals

• Principal Contractors have to be single or have to fulfil multinationality requirements for RTD projects

• In case of one Principle Contractor, no multinationality requirements for Members

• Individual proposals must have a European Dimension, e.g. results and experiences are of broader interest and are disseminated across Europe


EvaluationEvaluationEvaluation Criteria• Scientific/technological quality and innovation• Community added value • Contribution to Community social objectives• Economic development and S&T prospects• Resources, Partnership, and Management

Evaluation Manual for the IST Programme: • Additional or specific elements per action type• Scores and Thresholds per action type• No anonymity requirements for Support Measures


More informationMore informationInfosheet:Infosheet: http://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka4/ipcn/take-up.htmhttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/ka4/ipcn/take-up.htm

IST Programme:IST Programme: http://www.cordis.lu/isthttp://www.cordis.lu/ist

Call Info: Call Info: http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/src/calls.htm

Evaluation Manual:Evaluation Manual: http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/src/evalman.htm

Standard Contracts:Standard Contracts: http://www.cordis.lu/fp5/mod-cont.htm

HPCN TTN Network:HPCN TTN Network: http://www.hpcn-ttn.orghttp://www.hpcn-ttn.org


ContactsContacts• For all administrative informationFor all administrative information

IST Information DeskIST Information DeskTel. (32-2) 29-68596 Tel. (32-2) 29-68596 Fax (32-2) 29-68388Fax (32-2) 29-68388

E-mail:[email protected]:[email protected]

• For discussion of content and ideasFor discussion of content and ideasMax Lemke, Tom Clausen (Take-up)Max Lemke, Tom Clausen (Take-up)

Merce Griera I Fisa (RTD)Merce Griera I Fisa (RTD) EUROPEAN COMMISSIONDirectorate-General Information Society

Essential Information Society Technologies and Infrastructures

Technologies for information processing and management, communications and networks (E1)

Tel. (32-2) 29-91575/94942/68591 Fax (32-2) 29-68389 [max.lemke][tom.clausen][merce.griera-i-fisa]@cec.eu.int

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